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with the new secretary of state, with the second term of president obama. but i definitely think that it is a valid approach that deserves to be looked at seriously. and i think that is her overriding legacy. she was very much about the big picture. she realized she came in at a time when there was a lot of talk about american decline, when america was facing a financial cries and the world was facing a financial crisis,she was struck by the perception that people had of the united states, this country, she loves, believes in american leadership, and people are asking her, what do you stand for? are you still a superpower? everything seems to be going into meltdown in washington. so she re-asserted the perception of america as a global power. repaired some of the damage to alliances that america had around the world, and tried to help improve the perception around the world of the united states, and then just one last point. i have spoken to several foreign ministers for the back because this is very much a layered book with a lot of different perspectives
with the new secretary of state, with the second term of president obama. but i definitely think that it is a valid approach that deserves to be looked at seriously. and i think that is her overriding legacy. she was very much about the big picture. she realized she came in at a time when there was a lot of talk about american decline, when america was facing a financial cries and the world was facing a financial crisis,she was struck by the perception that people had of the united states, this...
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those three states which are really moved. arizona will be behind them but i think it will be more purple overtime but ultimately blue. >> around the electoral topic, a colleague of ours karen tumulty of the post said po said you have made it known that you are considering the presidential race. do you want to comment on that? she said you are doing it quietly so this would be a good format to discuss it. leftists be by plate is so full now that kind of contemplation would be the kind of thing that would keep me up at night and i lose enough sleep as it is so i am fine with where we are at. >> we will welcome you back to make the announcement whenever you want to. >> speaking of senator mccain yesterday at a town hall meeting he announced he would never live away from losing -- using the term illegal immigrant and sometimes that phrase is appropriate. should we use that term or should we always say undocumented? >> i don't really get caught up in the book capillary wars. there are immigrants who are here illegally. there are i
those three states which are really moved. arizona will be behind them but i think it will be more purple overtime but ultimately blue. >> around the electoral topic, a colleague of ours karen tumulty of the post said po said you have made it known that you are considering the presidential race. do you want to comment on that? she said you are doing it quietly so this would be a good format to discuss it. leftists be by plate is so full now that kind of contemplation would be the kind of...
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speculation that since the united states, president obama will be less -- [inaudible] israel issues -- [inaudible] being in the -- [inaudible] european countries labeling products from the west bank is not -- [inaudible] for thicks like that. any thoughts on that? [inaudible conversations] >> i doubt that. first, the as i said before he choose to take the trip and the trip itself send a signal he retains an interest in this, number one. number two, it's never going the u.s. interest to see bad ideas adopted. we're going end up having to pick up the pieces anyway. so those who think that, well, he's washing his hands of it. he wouldn't be taking a trip there number one. number two, his secretary of state lead clear it's an issue of great interest to him. i think part of the trip is designed to not only send the president's interest in it but create in a sense win behind the bat of the secretary of state. number three, as i said, if you don't ideas that are in the end going to be destructive to get anything done, the united states is going have a -- on that and the united states won't r
speculation that since the united states, president obama will be less -- [inaudible] israel issues -- [inaudible] being in the -- [inaudible] european countries labeling products from the west bank is not -- [inaudible] for thicks like that. any thoughts on that? [inaudible conversations] >> i doubt that. first, the as i said before he choose to take the trip and the trip itself send a signal he retains an interest in this, number one. number two, it's never going the u.s. interest to...
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simply put, we can't act like the laws of fiscal gravity don't apply to the united states congress or the federal government. that's why every single senator on this side of the aisle has cosponsored a balanced budget amendment to the constitution which would require the federal government to live within its means and require a congressional supermajority to raise taxes or raise the debt ceiling. now i heard colleagues across the aisle say, well, we can't pass a balanced budget amendment. that would tie congress's hands. well, that's the point. it would tie congress's hands from spending money we don't have, running up these dangerous debts, and being a wet blanket on economic growth and job creation. how do we know that government can live within its stphaoepbs well, vitter -- live within its means? well, virtually every state has some type of balanced budget requirement. why should the rules here in washington be any different? some across the aisle argue -- i think they actually believe this, i think they argue that embracing fiscal discipline will jeopardize the safety net. in fac
simply put, we can't act like the laws of fiscal gravity don't apply to the united states congress or the federal government. that's why every single senator on this side of the aisle has cosponsored a balanced budget amendment to the constitution which would require the federal government to live within its means and require a congressional supermajority to raise taxes or raise the debt ceiling. now i heard colleagues across the aisle say, well, we can't pass a balanced budget amendment. that...
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and with regard to independent evaluations of the budget, the united states -- "usa today" editorial on march 15 said this -- "a plan produced by the senate budget committee chair patty murray is a disappointing document. it is a namby-pamby plan that underwhelms at every turn. the murray budget neither balances the budget nor reins in entitlements." that's exactly true. he goes on to say -- quote -- "the nation would be helped if democrats were to embrace the ryan goal of a balanced budget." close quote. that'sed toed to. i guess the largest print paper in the country -- that's "usa today." the largest print paper in the country. that's their view. "the washington post" said on march 15 -- quote -- "this document -- talking about the document before us -- gives voters no reason to believe that democrats have a viable plan for or even a responsible public assessment of the country's long-term fiscal predicament." close quote. "the wall street journal" investment business daily, "the hill" and others have comments in somewhat the same vein. what is our problem? our problem is spending
and with regard to independent evaluations of the budget, the united states -- "usa today" editorial on march 15 said this -- "a plan produced by the senate budget committee chair patty murray is a disappointing document. it is a namby-pamby plan that underwhelms at every turn. the murray budget neither balances the budget nor reins in entitlements." that's exactly true. he goes on to say -- quote -- "the nation would be helped if democrats were to embrace the ryan goal...
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on the one side but he said publicly in the state of the union address, not once but three times that i listened to, what you would want and you actually expect bill clinton it's not president obama to say. but privately he is grousing. do you see in the 50's a man that is at war with himself over what he believes? >> i can see that. one of the most interesting things following this thread of mixing and civil rights, i mentioned the trip to africa and 67, and that's where we met martin luther king, dr. martin luther king who was 28-years-old at the time and nixon they've really got along. particularly trying to see nixon to lobby for the administration you wanted to get to eisenhower. they said sure, come and see me. they met in washington at the office and they stayed in touch regularly. and king really felt they had a correspondence he was really admired pity and he had a good sensitivity about this. the one black man and eisenhower's white house salmon named fred mauro and he wrote a book called a black book in the white house and he felt completely sort of alienated. people he fel
on the one side but he said publicly in the state of the union address, not once but three times that i listened to, what you would want and you actually expect bill clinton it's not president obama to say. but privately he is grousing. do you see in the 50's a man that is at war with himself over what he believes? >> i can see that. one of the most interesting things following this thread of mixing and civil rights, i mentioned the trip to africa and 67, and that's where we met martin...
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look, interestingly the president of the united states, president obama, started shortly after the election in a very strong position. he just won re-election, okay? and he had a democratic senate. now, he didn't own the capitol because republicans had the house of representatives, but the next thing was the fiscal cliff. and the fiscal cliff was an automatic $5 trillion tax increase unless the president, the house and the senate passed an alternative bill. so he had all the cards. he had all the power. if he said i want to keep one trillion of that five, i want to keep two, the republicans and democrats in the house and senate couldn't stop that. the republicans in the house several times said we vote to extend everything, and the democrats in the senate said, well, we don't, so it's going to be a $5 trillion tax increase. and the president said, okay, i want $600 billion. he took his pound of flesh, he got that. and then he made all of 85% all the remaining bush tax cuts permanent. so 85% of the money that he could have taken off the table and given to his friends remained with the americ
look, interestingly the president of the united states, president obama, started shortly after the election in a very strong position. he just won re-election, okay? and he had a democratic senate. now, he didn't own the capitol because republicans had the house of representatives, but the next thing was the fiscal cliff. and the fiscal cliff was an automatic $5 trillion tax increase unless the president, the house and the senate passed an alternative bill. so he had all the cards. he had all...
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with support from president obama, former secretary of state hillary clinton and 75% of voters across the country, marriage equality is gaining momentum! [cheers and applause] and by -- and we can't stop, we can't afford to stop. we simply want to marry for the same reasons other couples do; to show our love and commitment to the one we want to grow old with. we deserve access to the over 1400 rights that come from being legally married in the eyes of the government, and we won't stop until we are treated equally. [cheers and applause] we do not have the luxury of stopping our commitment to this fight. our commitment to this struggle. and i can't stop
with support from president obama, former secretary of state hillary clinton and 75% of voters across the country, marriage equality is gaining momentum! [cheers and applause] and by -- and we can't stop, we can't afford to stop. we simply want to marry for the same reasons other couples do; to show our love and commitment to the one we want to grow old with. we deserve access to the over 1400 rights that come from being legally married in the eyes of the government, and we won't stop until we...